Many of you are probably unaware of the number of different types of bridges. Just the basic list includes beam bridges, cantilever, arch, truss, suspension, cable-stayed, movable, floating and combination bridges. Within these basic categories there are a number of subcategories as well. Movable bridges, for instance, include the bascule (drawbridge), vertical lift and the swing bridge to name just the most common.

Induction heating has long been used in a number of industries for more traditional applications, but it is a fairly new technology to be employed in welding. Recently, it has become more and more common to find it being used in both construction and industrial welding processes.

With today’s cost of energy, it’s no wonder there is a renewed interest in generating electricity by means of the sun’s energy. This is not a new concept. The development of solar energy goes back more than 100 years. 

The handling of dross is an unfortunate but necessary activity of melting aluminum in a reverberatory (reverb) furnace. 

This is a complete list of all the feature articles that appeared in Industrial Heating in 2013. The "Topic" of each article is in parentheses.

When July comes to mind, it’s natural to think independence. When you think independence, it’s natural to think of the Declaration, which was adopted on July 4, 1776. But when you think of the Declaration, is it natural to think that more than 10% of its signers were metalworkers of the day

While the February 2008 Now You Know discussed tunnel boring, it seemed appropriate to look at deep drilling in light of the recent Chilean miner rescue. It is especially appropriate because without thermal processing, the rescue would have taken much longer or might not have been possible at all.

As a material, carbon fiber has fundamentally changed many of the products we use every day, making them lighter, stronger and more durable. The manufacturing process is typically unique to each supplier, and it can be as complex as the fiber molecules themselves. Equally as challenging are the air-pollution control systems used on the production equipment.

Did you know that AMS 2750 rev. E has new charting requirements that may prove challenging for older analog paper re-corders?

Blacksmithing continues to be a very practical field with the farrier, a specialty smith who makes horse shoes. Our topic this month describes blacksmith-like metalworking for very practical purposes while creating works of art.